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n TIME GHECK REGISTER POR WORKSHOPS. No. 262,979. Paten UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. PHILLIPS AND FRANK W. GRISI/VOLD, OF IROVIDNCE, R. I.

TIME-CHECK REGISTER FOR WGRKSHOPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,979, dated August 22, 1882.

Application filed March 31, 1882.

To all whom 'it may concern Beitknown that we, FRANKEPHILLIPS and FRANK XV. GRISWOLD, citizens ot' the United States, residing at Providence, in the county ot' Providence and State ot' Rhode Island, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Time-Check Registers for Wvorkshops; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or gures of reference marked thereon,which form a part ot' this speciication.

Our invention relates to an improved mechanical apparatus for registering the hour when aworkman deposits his time-check upon entering or leaving the workshop; and it consists of an intermittingly-rotating conductoror chute actuated by suitable clock-work,in combination with stationary receptacles or boxes for receiving and retaining the checks.

In large factories, where a great number ot' operatives are employed, it has been found advantageous to provide each workman with a check,which he is required to deliver toatimekeeper when entering orleaving the .vorkshop, and the number of hoursot` laborpert'ormed by the workman is ascertained by this system of time-checks and time-keeper.

The object ot' our invention is to dispense with the services of a time-check keeper, thereby saving expense and insuring mechanical accuracy.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a vertical sectional elevation ot' our improved time-check register, showing the combination ot' the several parts. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same through the line wx of Fig. 1, having` a portion thereof broken away to show the arrangement ot' the checkboxes in the removable drawer. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged views ot' the device for controlling the movement of the check-conductor. Fig. 5 is a partial top viewof a numbered disk, which is fastened to and forms a part of the conductor. Fig. 6 is a vertical central section ofthe conductor enlarged, showing theinside (No model.)

form of the top portionof said conductor. Fig. Tis amodiication of thedevice shown in Fig.3. A is a box or frame,the lower partprovided with a drawer, B, and the upper part containing the conductor C and mechanism for operating it. In the drawer B are radially arranged a seriesot twenty-four removable numbered check-boxes, b', to correspond with the twenty-four half-hours in a half-day. Between the upper and lower portions ofthe box Ais a partition, u, having` twenty-four apertures, c, 6o which coincide with vthe boxes b. rIhe conductor C is a liattened tube, ot' metal or other suitable material, and is secured to the top of the vertical shaft S, and at a proper angle thereto,so that when the shaft is revolved the lower end ofthe conductor passes over the apertures c in the partition a. The top ot' the lconductor is made cylindrical at d in order to freely revolve in a suitable bearing in the top center ofthe box A. The inside of the top ot' 7o the conductor is provided with guide-pieces d5 and d6, for the pu-rpose of directingthe checks t' to the lattened portion of the conductor. The disk d is numbered to correspond with the check-boxes. These numbers show through a glass-covered aperture, w, in the top of the box A, for the purpose of ascertaining the position ot' the conductor when adjusting the apparatus to the time ot' day. Said disk is further provided with radially-arranged pins d2, 8o which engage with the pins e2 of the'lever e',

as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Instead of this pinescapement, a crown gear-wheel and pinion, as shown in Fig. 7, may be substituted. The shaft S and conductor G are rotated by means of a spring and train, r, and this motion is made iutermittentby means ot' the escapement, hereinbei'orc described. The escapement-lever c is raised and lowered everyhaltlhour by the clock Z, or other suitable means, and this mo- 9o tion ot' the lever allows'one pin d2 of the disk d to escape, thereby changing the. position of the check-conductor from over one check-box to over the next one.

To the top center ofthe box A, and over the top ofthe conductor, is fastened afunnel-shaped tube, D, in whichthe checks fi are deposited.

D is a modiiication of tube D, showing its extension through a partition,T, when it is desirable to locate the register in a room other than that in which the workmen are employed.

The operation of our invention is as follows: Suppose the hour to be seven oclock. Tile conductor (l is adjusted so that its bottom end will cover check-box numbered 7. It is evident that all checks deposited at D between the hour of seven and seven and a half oclock would be conducted to box 7 5 but at seven and a half oolock the conductor changes to 7% box,and all checks deposited between seven'and a halfI and eight oclock will be collected in box 795, and so on during thc day. At the proper time the drawercontaining the check-boxes,

is taken to the office and the time of the workmen made up from the checks in the several boxes. Of course each checkmust be stamped with the name or number of its owner. Should greater accuracy than half-hours be desired, the number of check-boxes may be correspondingly increased. A number of these time- 1. In a time-cheek register for workshops, consisting of a rotating check-conductor and radially-arran ged series of check-boxes or receivers, the independent train r, in combination wlth an escapement and clock-train, Z, whereby intermittent motion is imparted to the conductor, substantially as shown and described.

2. I-n a time-cheek register for workshops, the partition a, provided with apertures c, in combination with an intermittingly-rotating conductor, C, and a series of radially-arranged boxes, b', substantially as shown and described.

3. In a time-check register for workshops, the combination of the conductor C, actuated by the train r,theformer provided with anumbered disk, df, said disk having pins d2, with the escapement-pinsezof the lever e', and clock Z, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we have afxed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK E. PHILLIPS. FRANK GRISWOLD.

Witnesses CHARLES HANNIGAN, GEO, H. REMINGTON. 

